Novogen Brown
نووجن براؤن
LAYER STRAINS · NOVOGEN
A newer brown-egg hybrid marketed on very high cumulative egg numbers over an extended cycle.
Best for
Producers running extended cycles with tight management.
What it is called, and how common it is
Asked for in the mandi as
Novogen
نووجن براؤن
At a glance
- Eggs to 72 weeks
- up to 395
- Egg colour
- Brown
breeder figure — treat as a ceiling, not a plan
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Very high published cumulative production
- Bred for long cycles
Trade-offs
- Breeder figures assume ideal nutrition, lighting and health — Pakistani field results commonly run behind them
- Less established locally than Lohmann or Hy-Line
In Pakistan
Present but not yet a default. Treat the headline egg number as a breeder claim under ideal conditions and budget on something more conservative.
Other layer strains
Sources
- Comparison of performance, meat quality and profitability of Cobb, Hubbard and Ross broiler strains
- Comparative growth and meat yield of Arbor Acres, Cobb 500 and Lohmann broiler strains
- Laying characteristics and egg geometry of four varieties of indigenous Aseel chicken in Pakistan
- Poultry Research Institute, Punjab — conservation and improvement of poultry breeds
- ZTBL — financing for Golden/Misri chicken poultry farming
- Comparative performance of Naked Neck, Black Australorp and their crossbreds